Opening film | Bookworm |
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Closing film | Ababooned (Ababouiné) |
Location | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Founded | 1996 |
Festival date | 18 July to 4 August, 2024 |
Language | International |
Website | fantasiafest |
The 28th Fantasia International Film Festival was held from 18 July to 4 August, 2024 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [1] [2]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | Ref. |
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4PM | 오후 네시 | Jay Song | South Korea | [5] |
Ababooned | Ababouiné | André Forcier | Canada | [5] |
The Count of Monte Cristo | Le Comte de Monte-Cristo | Alexandre de la Patelière, Matthieu Delaporte | France | [5] |
Confession | 告白 (Kokuhaku) | Nobuhiro Yamashita | Japan | [5] |
Electrophilia | Los Impactados | Lucía Puenzo | Argentina | [5] |
In Our Blood | Pedro Kos | United States | [5] | |
Infinite Summer | Miguel Llansó | Estonia, Spain | [5] | |
Mash Ville | 매쉬빌 | Hwang Wook | South Korea | [5] |
Out of the Shadow | 臥底的退隱生活 | Ricky Ko | Hong Kong | [5] |
Párvulos | Isaac Ezban | Mexico | [5] | |
Penalty Loop | ペナルティループ | Shinji Araki | Japan | [5] |
Rita | Jayro Bustamante | Guatemala | [5] | |
A Samurai in Time | Junichi Yasuda | Japan | [5] | |
Steppenwolf | Adilkhan Yerzhanov | Kazakhstan | [5] |
Title | Director(s) | Production country | Ref. |
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Brush of the God | Keizō Murase | Japan | [6] |
Chainsaws were Singing | Sander Maran | Estonia | [6] |
Dead Dead Full Dead | Pratul Gaikwad | India | [6] |
Heavens: The Boy and His Robot | Rich Ho | Singapore | [6] |
Hunting Daze | Annick Blanc | Canada | [6] |
Kidnapping Inc. | Bruno Mourral | Canada / Haiti / France | [6] |
Kryptic | Kourtney Roy | Canada | [6] |
Me and My Victim | Maurane Dubois and Billy Pedlow | Canada | [6] |
Not Friends | Atta Hemwadee | Thailand | [6] |
The Paragon | Michael Duignan | New Zealand | [6] |
Rats! | Maxwell Nalevansky and Carl Fry | United States | [6] |
Self Driver | Michael Pierro | United States | [6] |
Shelby Oaks | Chris Stuckmann | United States | [6] |
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | Ref. |
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Animalia Paradoxa | Niles Atallah | Chile | [5] | |
Ghost Cat Anzu | 化け猫あんずちゃん (Bakeneko Anzu-chan) | Yōko Kuno, Nobuhiro Yamashita | Japan | [5] |
KIZUMONOGATARI - Koyomi Vamp | 傷物語 こよみヴァンプ | Tatsuya Oishi | Japan | [5] |
Mantra Warrior: The Legend of the Eight Moons | นักรบมนตรา: ตำนานแปดดวงจันทร์ | Veerapatra Jinanavin | Thailand | [5] |
The Missing | Iti Mapukpukaw | Carl Joseph Papa | Philippines | [5] |
Mononoke the Movie: Phantom in the Rain | 劇場版モノノ怪 唐傘 (Gekijōban Mononoke: Karakasa) | Kenji Nakamura | Japan | [5] |
Sunburnt Unicorn | Nick Johnson | Canada | [5] | |
The Umbrella Fairy | 伞少女 | Jie Shen | China | [5] |
Title | Director(s) | Production country | Ref. |
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Amy and Frog | Paul Williams | United Kingdom, China | [5] |
Bottled Thunder | Leong Jo | China | [5] |
Bulusan and Agigngay: The Cry of Mampak | Gary George Clotario | Philippines | [5] |
The Exorcist, Kim Rina | Yeonhoo Kim, Sugyeon Shin, Sumin Lim | South Korea | [5] |
Game Show | Fei Chen | China | [5] |
Lantern Blade Episode 1 | Ziqi Zhu | China | [5] |
Lantern Blade Episode 2 | [5] | ||
Lantern Blade Episode 3 | [5] | ||
Macguffin | Jihye Yang | South Korea | [5] |
Maidens of the Ripples | Soma Michiko | Japan | [5] |
Mecha-Ude Episode 1 | Sae Okamoto | Japan | [5] |
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | Ref. |
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Adrianne and the Castle | Shannon Walsh | Canada | [5] | |
From My Cold Dead Hands | Javier Horcajada Fontecha | Spain | [5] | |
VOÏVOD: We Are Connected | Felipe Belalcazar | Canada | [5] |
The Fantasia Retro section honors feature works that shaped the history of genre filmmaking. [7]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | Ref. |
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The Avenging Eagle (1978) | 冷血十三鷹 (Léngxuě Shísān Yīng) | Sun Chung | Hong Kong | [7] |
A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990) | 倩女幽魂 II:人間道 | Ching Siu-tung | Hong Kong | [7] |
Cockfighter (1974) | Monte Hellman | United States | [7] | |
Cube (1997) | Vincenzo Natali | Canada | [7] | |
Devil Times Five (1974) | Sean MacGregor | United States | [7] | |
Hollywood 90028 (1973) | Christina Hornisher | United States | [7] | |
Killer Constable (1980) | 萬人斬 (Wàn Rén Zhǎn) | Chih-Hung Kwei | Hong Kong | [7] |
My Financial Career (1962) | Gerald Potterton | Canada | [7] | |
Tiki Tiki (1971) | [7] |
Title | Director(s) | Production country | Ref. |
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Jean Pierre Lefebvre (2013) | Simon Galiero | Quebec | [7] |
Hors-d'oeuvre (1960) | Gerald Potterton, Robert Verrall, Arthur Lipsett, Derek Lamb, Jeff Hale, Kaj Pindal | Canada | [7] |
My Financial Career (1962) | Gerald Potterton | Canada | [7] |
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | Ref. |
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The Carpenter (1988) | David Wellington | Canada | [8] | |
Song for Julie (1976) | Chanson pour Julie | Jacques Vallée | [8] | |
Snake Eater (1989) | L'Indomptable | George Erschbamer | [8] | |
The Pig's Law (2001) | La Loi du cochon | Érik Canuel | [8] | |
The Night with Hortense (1988) | Nuit avec Hortense, La | Jean Chabot | [8] | |
Pigs Are Seldom Clean (1973) | On n'engraisse pas les cochons à l'eau claire | Jean Pierre Lefebvre | [8] | |
The Rubber Gun (1977) | Allan Moyle | [8] |
The Anime no bento program features highlights from new anime releases. [9]
Title | Director(s) | Production country | Ref. |
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First Line | Tina | Japan | [9] |
Maidens of the Ripples | Soma Michiko | [9] | |
The True Shape of a Daisy | Naoki Arata | [9] | |
Kamigoroshi: Prologue | Tomoyuki Niho | [9] | |
Okuninushi and Sukunabikona | Akitoshi Yokoyama | [9] | |
String Dance from the film TAISU | Shuhei Morita | [9] |
The Circo Animato section of the festival showcases new animated short films from around the world.
Title | Director(s) | Production country | Ref. |
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African American Express | Sydnie Baynes | Canada | [10] |
Anthropocene | Huang Yun-Sian, Raitow Low | Taiwan | [10] |
The Beasts | Michael Granberry | United States | [10] |
Extremely Short | Kōji Yamamura | United States, Japan | [10] |
Formes | Tsz-wing Ho | Hong Kong | [10] |
Haru-tsuge Fish and Fu-rai Boy | Takeshi Yashiro | Japan | [10] |
Itch | Maggie Zeng | Canada | [10] |
Mothership: The Awakening | Joseph Burrascano | United States | [10] |
A New Account of Tales of the World | Meiyi Che | China | [10] |
Number 32. Giant Fish | Seunghyun Si | South Korea | [10] |
Pantheon Bird | Eunyoung Choi, Asami Murakoshi | Japan | [10] |
The Parade | Ryan Benjamin Lee | United States, Singapore | [10] |
Trumpet Voice | David Monarte Serna, Pilar Smoje Gueico | Chile | [10] |
The Wedding Veil of the Proud Princes | Anna-Ester Volozh | United Kingdom | [10] |
Weiqi Fantasy | Yuanru Liu | China | [10] |
The Yearbook | Charlie Galea McClure | Canada | [10] |
The Sepentrion Shadows program features works from the northern regions of Canada. [11]
Title | Director(s) | Production country | Ref. |
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Dark Match | Lowell Dean | Canada | [11] |
Darkest Miriam | Naomi Jaye | [11] | |
Frankie Freako | Steven Kostanski | [11] | |
The G | Karl R. Hearne | [11] | |
Kryptic | Kourtney Roy | [11] | |
Scared Shitless | Vivieno Caldinelli | [11] | |
Self Driver | Michael Pierro | [11] | |
The Silent Planet | Jeffrey St. Jules | [11] | |
Sunburnt Unicorn | Nick Johnson | [11] |
Title | Director(s) | Production country | Ref. |
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Art Baby | Pony Nicole Herauf | Canada | [11] |
Bath Bomb | Colin G. Cooper | [11] | |
Bladder Shy | Joel Goundry | [11] | |
Can't Sleep | Liam O'Connor-Savaria | [11] | |
Dealer | Alfio Foti | [11] | |
Dirty Bad Wrong | Erica Orofino | [11] | |
The Door | Alexander Seltzer | [11] | |
For Rent | Michèle Kaye | [11] | |
Hell Is a Teenage Girl | Stephen Sawchuk | [11] | |
How To Stay Awake | Vanessa Magic | [11] | |
My Son Went Quiet | Ian Bawa | [11] | |
Ring Neck | Vasili Manikas | [11] | |
The Second | Taylor Ramos and Tony Zhou | [11] | |
The Shitty Ride | Cole Doran | [11] | |
Shiva | Josh Saltzman | [11] | |
Thank You | Summer Lynn Gillespie and Carlo Quicho | [11] | |
What the Hell | Valerie Barnhart | [11] | |
Wildmen of the Greater Toronto Area | Solmund MacPherson | [11] | |
You Don't Read Enough | Noa Kozulin | [11] | |
You Have Reached Your Destination | Ryan Couldrey | [11] | |
The Underground program features works from international regions of the world. [12]
Title | Director(s) | Production country | Ref. |
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Animalia Paradoxa | Niles Atallah | Chile | [12] |
Carnage for Christmas | Alice Maio Mackay | Australia | [12] |
Chainsaws Were Singing | Sander Maran | Estonia | [12] |
The Code | Eugene Kotlyarenko | United States | [12] |
Love & Pop | Hideaki Anno | Japan | [12] |
Me and My Victim | Maurane and Billy Pedlow | Canada | [12] |
The Old Man and the Demon Sword | Fábio Powers | Portugal | [12] |
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